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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HALCYONS, by ALCMAN Poet's Biography First Line: No more, o maiden voices, sweet as honey, soft as love is Last Line: Would I were, and knew not care, the sea-blue bird of spring! Alternate Author Name(s): Alkman | |||
NO more, O maiden voices, sweet as honey, soft as love is, No more my limbs sustain me. -- A halcyon on the wing Flying o'er the foam-flowers, in the halcyon coveys, Would I were, and knew not care, the sea-blue bird of spring! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINCOLN TRIUMPHANT by EDWIN MARKHAM THE BEACON; A MUSICAL DRAMA by JOANNA BAILLIE STABAT MATER DOLOROSA by JACOPONE DA TODI JOY OF THE MORNING by EDWIN MARKHAM THE ALLIGATOR by BEATRICE WITTE RAVENEL SONG OF THE ANGELS AT THE NATIVITY by NAHUM TATE |
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